intercommunicate

American  

[in-ter-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt] / ˌɪn tər kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used without object)

intercommunicated, intercommunicating

1. to communicate mutually, as people.

2. to afford passage from one to another, as rooms.

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verb (used with object)

intercommunicated, intercommunicating

1. to exchange (messages or communications) with one another.

intercommunicate British  

/ ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt /

verb

1. to communicate mutually

2. to interconnect, as two rooms

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Other Word Forms

• intercommunicability noun
• intercommunicable adjective
• intercommunication noun
• intercommunicative adjective
• intercommunicator noun

Etymology

Origin of intercommunicate

First recorded in 1580–90, intercommunicate is from the Medieval Latin word intercommūnicātus (past participle). See inter-, communicate

Example Sentences

All four are expected to be able to intercommunicate.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2018

You may intercommunicate all that you wish at a distance of four or five thousands leagues in less than half an hour.

From Heroes of the Telegraph by Munro, John

These marshes are threaded, cobweb fashion, by myriads of lines of water and mud that intercommunicate.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

They are filled with fluid and intercommunicate freely, finally connecting with a number of fine tubes, the lymphatics, through which excess of fluid or any solid particles present are drained away.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various